Razor-strop.



Nol` 815,252.

PATENTED MAR. 13,1906.

J. BAILEY.

RAZOR STROP.

LRPLIOATIoN Hmm mn. 1904.

JAMES BAILEY, E WALsALL, ENGLAND.

RAzoR-STRQP.

Speeication of Letters Patent. Applleetien flied Mey A, 19o/.1.. serial No. 206,333.

Patented March 13, '1906.

'y To all whom t Ina/y concern:

Y kind wherein e flexible bend Be it known that I, JAMES BAILEY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at The Mill House, Walsall, Staii'ordshire, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Razor-Strops, of which the following is a speciiication. f

My invention relates to razor-strops ofthe Aleather or other material or of a combination of materials is made use of; and it consists chiel-ly in `mounting this band-in a spring- .frame, in which the band can be reversed toy bring either side thereof into position for use.

In carrying out m invention I make use of a frame compose of a strip ofvsteel'of a length which exceeds the length of the band by about twice the width of the said band,

. 'the said `strip being .l'luted or corrugated for the major portion of its length, so as to prevent it from bending. VThe end portions of the strip, however, are left plain and are bent more or less at right angles to the other part of the strip in order to form spring pillars or' uprights for carr 'n the su ports to which the ends ofthe baiid re attadlied. In the accompanying drawings,'Figure 1 is a side view of a strop constructed according to my invention, and Figf2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig.` 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively an elevation and a plan illustrating the method of .pivoting the handle of the strop and Figs. 6 land 7 are views similar to Figs. 4 and 5,- respectively, illustrating another arrangement of pivoted handle. f

ais the frame ofthe strop, which is formed of a steel strip, provided for the greater part of its length with the flute b for stiflening the said strip and bent at the ends to form they uprights c c for carrying the strap or stropping'material d, the said uprights acting as springs to maintain the strap taut. In the drawings this strap d is represented as being composed of two layers of materialnamely, l

one of leather and one of woven fabric. Itis to be understood, howeven'that the construction of the stropping-surfaces forms no part of my invention.

The strap is mounted in the uprights c c by attaching it 'at the ends to two D-shaped or4 strap n of the pivot at one endis attached to the handle f and inserted into a screw-threaded boss on the eye e, while at the other end the pivot is liXed to the eye e and is held in place by,

meansof a nut g. Itwill be noticedwith this arrangement that the strap canbe turned u on the pivots so as'to bring either side of t e same uppermost. l

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the handle is rigid relatively with the strop. I sometimes', however, arrange the handleso that it can be folded to lie practically within the length of the strop, so that the latter oc.- cupies as small a space as possible to pack.

' As-shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the handlef instead `of carrying the pivot-pin which is screwed into the link e is pivoted to a block dle being bent down somewhat, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it can be turned back into the space between the strap and the frame. As shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the handle f2, which may be made of leather, is attached to a link i, carrying the pivot-pin and engaging with the link e on the strap. With this arrangement the handle can be turned so as tol lie upon the top of the strap, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 6.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is-` 1. In av razor-strop, the combination of a 'for the purpose, described.

2. In a strop the combination withaspringframe and a strop rotatably mounted therein, of a handle, a hinge connecting'said frame and handle` whereby the handle may be. turned so as to lie practically within the length of the frame.

' JAMES BAILEY.

Witnesses:

. OcTAvUs VALENTINE SMITH, ERNEST HARKER. 

